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Related: About this forum$2700 or $100,000
How can there be fund raisers with a $100,000 per person ticket price when the limit for giving is $2700?
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$2700 or $100,000 (Original Post)
LAS14
Sep 2016
OP
she has been doing huge fundraising for the DNC to spend in the general for downticket races
bettyellen
Sep 2016
#4
pkdu
(3,977 posts)1. 1 is direct to candidate 2 is to PACs etc. nt
BlueStateLib
(937 posts)2. Money goes to down ticket candidates
LAS14
(13,749 posts)3. Ah. Thanks much to both of you.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)4. she has been doing huge fundraising for the DNC to spend in the general for downticket races
they are part of what could make her presidency a big success.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)5. Here is information about the donation limits for 2016:
LAS14
(13,749 posts)6. Huh. So the $2700 is just so much window dressing. Thanks..
.. for the info.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)7. We can thank SCOTUS for that. n/t
LAS14
(13,749 posts)8. Well, if a corporation is a person, why doesn't it face the same giving limits as a person???